{"id":22780,"date":"2025-04-09T17:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/city-releases-rfq-for-potential-housing-development-at-old-mchs-site\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:16:23","slug":"city-releases-rfq-for-potential-housing-development-at-old-mchs-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/city-releases-rfq-for-potential-housing-development-at-old-mchs-site\/","title":{"rendered":"City releases RFQ for potential housing development at old MCHS site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=5538dc9c-0299-526e-b987-882b6e9d3706&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"800\" height=\"474\" alt=\"Part of the old MCHS site has been designated for a new housing development, and the city is seeking developers. (Sam Green\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Part of the old MCHS site has been designated for a new housing development, and the city is seeking developers. (Sam Green\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The city of Cortez recently announced the release of a request for qualifications for a potential housing development on 7 acres of the old Montezuma-Cortez High School site, as a way of \u201creaffirming its commitment to meeting the community\u2019s pressing housing needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exact location of the site is on West Seventh Street, between Chestnut and Oak Streets.<\/p>\n<p>Though the original plan was to develop the 14-acre site into a park with a small area designated for housing, the plan was changed, with the city citing \u201ca pressing need for housing.\u201d Now, seven acres of the site will be designated for housing. The remaining 7 acres on the west side of the property will still be developed into a park in the future.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"naviga-map\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=37.342024502939%2C-108.58790571318&amp;z=15&amp;output=embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Map\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>The city has invited developers, builders and collaborative teams to submit their qualifications to plan, design, construct and manage the housing that will sit on the 7 acres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis site is poised to become a vibrant new residential neighborhood designed to address the growing need for affordable and workforce housing in Cortez,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n<p>The city is poised to welcome a \u201crange of development proposals,\u201d specifically proposals that prioritize affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>In May of 2023, the city completed a housing needs assessment, and one of the key takeaways of this assessment was the need for more housing to keep up with \u201ccurrent and future\u201d employment needs.<\/p>\n<p>The housing needs assessment went on to note that \u201cbetween 75 and 175 new housing units are needed in Cortez to help fill unfilled jobs,\u201d and \u201can additional 140 to 240 housing units are needed to keep up with estimated job growth over the next 5 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The need for more affordable and workforce housing was also noted, with the assessment showing a \u201cdramatic price increase\u201d in both the rental and for sale housing markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain committed to creating both housing and recreation opportunities for Cortez residents,\u201d Lisa Bloomquist, city of Cortez housing coordinator, said.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in bidding must submit their qualifications through the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System by Tuesday, May 6. Site tours will be offered in April.<\/p>\n<p>More information and the RFQ (available to download), can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bidnetdirect.com\/colorado\" id=\"link-571db2763e174721c5dd5f842e3970e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> at www.bidnetdirect.com\/colorado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14-acre site would be divided in half, with 7 acres designated for housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,28,60,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-22780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77850,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22780\/revisions\/77850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22780"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=22780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}